Nasturtiums

Tahitian Gardenias are one of those flowers considered to be exotic. The smell of the flowers is heavenly. The plant grows tall up to at least ten feet and when it blooms the perfume permeates in the whole neighborhood. It’s a very prolific bloomer and the recent rains make it want to bloom some more….

I like taking pictures of flowers especially ginger flowers. Some are red, some are pink, some are blue and some are white. I particularly like the shell ginger because of the unusual shape reminiscent of a shell hence the name. I like it so much I painted them too. I actually bought some specimens of…

In the community garden, you will find gardens that have interesting plants and flowers. I’m always on the lookout for anything that is worth capturing. I have a small camera that do the job very nicely. I always bring it in my garden bag just in case. This day is when I saw these flowers…

I always go the farmer’s market on Wednesdays (it’s the weekly schedule in our community) and I was surprised to see a new vendor and he’s selling orchids instead of the regular produce. I just have to check it out. The orchids he’s selling is not like the ones I see in KCC Farmer’s Market…

Orchid – Angraecum Eburneum I have been taking care of this rare orchid for quite sometime but I did not know the name until now.  I tried to keep looking for the name in the internet and finally I saw the same picture from a website and so I was glad to have a name…

Poinsettia is well known as a Christmas plant maybe because it changes color during the Christmas Holidays or winter. This poinsettia was from last year’s Christmas and I just took care of it up to now and I noticed the leaves are changing color. I did not do anything special really. Basically watering it diligently…